head over heels.

dunno why but am suddenly struck with sudden rush of joy and gratefulness for my bounty of amazing splendiforous friends.

so thought it appropriate to write it down while i still have it fresh on the brain and heart :]

in no particular order...the loves of my life :]


bea bear: ah my refreshing, irreverent, witty, puppy with big bark who helps me think outside of the box and even deconstruct it into loop de loops of whimsy at times. you help me to expand my horizons both literally and metaphorically. i love exploring books, FOOD, thoughts both old and new, and places with you. my mountain who continually seeks this hermity mohammed out, je t'aime je t'aime je t'aime. :]

monies: monica. mon. pokeMon. moni. moniezz. $$. my sister from another mother :] strange how we haphephobic(fear of being touched) passive-aggressive folk stick together so well despite our negative magnetic charges. thank you for letting out your closet weirdo and being comfortable with all my dirty laundry too. for being my friend even after enduring two years of living with me :]. for eating at the same sushi joint for 3 days in a row with me. for doing those little mom things no one asks you to do, but doing them anyways. because you care. i love you so much BODI! :]

nachopoleon: oh nacho. my comfortable nap-on-a-lazy-sunday buddy :] you spell home for me. not in the sense of a particular place, but in that you're someone i can just sit with in silence and still leave feeling like we've had the best conversation ever. you have such a beautiful heart despite everything life has thrown your way, and i see you. i see you :]

dexter: mine :] thanks for letting me be all that i am and all that i'm not and taking it all in good stride. for being my foil and my support stand. for doing that funky dance you do just to make me crack a smile. for providing for my needs both apparent and not so apparent. for putting me to shame with your domestic prowess. for loving me..for loving me.

msm aka joann: my uber smart and eccentric soul mate and oldest friend. i am so thankful for you in my life. you don't even know. actually, you do know. you are msm after all :] you are so many things joann. smart, funny, loving, artistically inclined, a martha stewart in the kitchen, and the list goes on... but there is one thing i am most thankful for. it is a rare and beautiful thing to find a friend who will not only tell you the truth, but the truth in grace. and i think i've found that in you. thank you for simultaneously being my Q&A kiosk and sister who pushes me to have a more beautiful heart. i seriously don't know where i would be without you. i love you. (see! i used the L word :])

tina: my little ms. do-it-all :] if ever there was someone to be doctor/soccer mom/lawyer/extraordinaire and in style!...it would be you. though we are as different as day and night both physically and emotionally (note skin and height differences and color preferences), we were meant to be. knit together since the day your hamster shat on our group project in the seventh grade :] thank you for continually seeking me out even when i didn't want to be found. for listening when i didn't think i needed to talk. for teaching me to drive on a deserted parking lot amongst a flock of either the most stupid or most foolhardy pigeons i've ever encountered! for being the llama to my ham :] i tree you.

care bear: oh care. how much you have dealt with because of me. my "shero" replete with shining umbrella during downpours both literal and metaphorical. you were/are so much to me and i hope you know that. no matter how much things may change, i will never let you run yourself into a wall ;) i promise. <3, the other half of the banana.

ahnie ahnie: my beautiful, resilient, passionate, servant-hearted, and dorky counterpart. though you're currently serving the underserved in the armpit of africa aka oonga oonga land aka togo, i hope you read this someday. you may call yourself dark and twisty, but everytime i talk to you i am amazed by how you do/endure all that you do, seeking God all the while. annie, you've taught me more about grace and seeking God in our brokenness than anyone i know. i hope you know that. i love you, my brave girl <3

ehnie eggie/unni: not so baby anymore, but my dongseng always :] annie love, you are an inspiration. you don't take life sitting down. you seek people out, seek out answers to problems you may face, take the initiative but always in that genuine article way that is so quintessentially annie cohi choi. case in point: first time we ever met. you: hoicie, can we like date?? :] you always keep yourself moving and can find beauty even in a place like LA. :] thank you for being my la tour guide and for continually forcing this crabby hermit a little more out of her shell (ever since we first met!) coeur. :]

april aka buddy: oh love. so humble, so giving, and so gosh darn stubborn! you are so beautiful to me my friend. for someone so little, you put the responsibility of the world on your shoulders. even while on crutches! thank you for letting me into your world, psycho type ab though i may be :] i'm still sad that we're not living our lives together in seattle as we'd hoped. as i'm sure you are too. :] i kid. i love you friend. and am here for you whenever you know. that al green song. :]





thank you Lord for these blessings in my life.

bahstanian.

okay at least that's my attempt at it :]


it's the night before the fourth in my new home: boston a.k.a. the cradle of liberty and reality has still not set in.

correction: it is home TO the cradle of liberty - fanhueil hall

what a difference a preposition makes... (sung to the tune of "what a difference a day makes)

moms is perched on the bed still working on that last corn cob. (oh how we, er rather I, suffered lugging those 15 million corn cobs home...) the moms loves her corn you know.

no real cohesive and concrete perspectives on this new living situation yet, as have spent last few days running errands as opposed to exploring. unpacking, shopping for household necessities and food, cooking, and cleaning. in that order.

also, threats both real and unfulfilled of heavy rain and t-storms (IN JULY!! holy crap! toto.. we sure ain't in cali anymore..) persuaded us to maintain our self-imposed house arrest for a few days as well.

aside from all of that though, i am loving the new digs. what with cathedral windows, spiral stairwells, reading rooms galore, checkerboard tile, and pups more closely resembling curly teddies than canines...what have i got to complain about? :]


so anyway. on the cusp of the fourth of julio in this year of 2009, i say cheers friends! and happy 233rd birthday America! flawed though you may be, there's no place i'd rather be :]